إثبات الصفات مع التنزيه
Affirming the attributes while denying creaturely likeness.
A word may be used of both God and a creature without giving the two the same manner of being. Human knowledge is acquired, revisable and forgettable; divine knowledge is not conceived as dependent on such changes. Creaturely power is similarly limited, instrumental and received.
Using a shared expression does not require transferring every creaturely feature to the Creator. The crucial distinction is between a shared term or intelligible meaning and identity of essence, mode or limitations.